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- Title
Testing the Influence of Social Axioms on Internet Gaming Disorder Tendency with a Cross-Lagged Panel Model: a One-Year Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
Yang, Hong Mian; Tong, Kwok Kit; Li, Yun; Tao, Vivienne Y. K.; Zhang, Meng Xuan; Wu, Anise M. S.
- Abstract
Gaming-specific beliefs on the functions and/or consequences of gaming have consistently been shown to be risk factors for Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, there is a scarcity of research on the effects of generalized beliefs about the world (i.e., social axioms) on IGD tendency. This 1-year longitudinal study was designed to test whether and which social axioms would have a prospective influence on IGD tendency. One hundred ninety-five Chinese university students (Mage = 19.86, female = 72.3%) voluntarily participated in both the baseline and 1-year follow-up surveys. Social cynicism, but not four other social axioms (i.e., fate control, reward for application, social complexity, and religiosity), was found to be significantly associated with baseline and follow-up IGD tendency. Using a cross-lagged panel model, while controlling for baseline IGD tendency and grade point average (GPA), baseline social cynicism belief still had a positive effect on follow-up IGD tendency at a marginal significance level (p =.07). Moreover, students' baseline GPA predicted lower follow-up IGD tendency (β = −.17, p <.01) but not vice versa. Our findings suggested that preventive interventions may consider modifying not only gaming-specific beliefs but also general beliefs, such as social cynicism. They also shed light on the importance of identifying groups that are at risk for IGD tendency, such as low-achievement students, for interventions.
- Subjects
GAMING disorder; SOCIAL influence; AXIOMS; GRADE point average; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 5, p2587
- ISSN
1557-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11469-021-00532-z